Woman Surprised Weight Gain Meant Pregnancy

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Woman Surprised Weight Gain Meant Pregnancy

Posted: 9:22 am CST November 3, 2006
Updated: 9:54 am CST November 3, 2006

Bellevue, Wash. -- Amanda Brisendine attributed the 30 pounds she gained in the past year to an abandoned smoking habit and rich food.

So when she went to the hospital with sharp stomach pain, she wasn't expecting to leave with a newborn son.

The Washington state resident said she was shocked by the pregnancy news.

"I don't know how I didn't know. I just didn't know," she said.

Brisendine, [/B]who has a 14-month-old daughter, said she didn't experience typical pregnancy symptoms.

"Everything was normal as far as I knew," she said.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[Lamont]

well
there are lots of dumb people in this world

[Ireneparalegal]

Ok, it has nothing to do with being dumb. Being dumb is NOT KNOWING how one becomes pregnant. She was surprised. If she continued to have a "monthly cycle" and didn't feel the baby move, why would she think she was pregnant?

I found out close to my fourth month, I was pregnant. I didn't know. I continued to have my cycle. I actually learned that it wasn't even my cycle. I was bleeding because of complications. This continued up until my 8th month of pregnancy. This happens to many women, and to a few, they don't expect they are pregnant. I was shocked when I was told I was pregnant since I had no other symptoms and I was having my "period". Also, I only gained 15 pounds during my pregnancy...I didn't start showing until I was 6 months pregnant.

[Superstar]

Ok, it has nothing to do with being dumb. Being dumb is NOT KNOWING how one becomes pregnant. She was surprised. If she continued to have a "monthly cycle" and didn't feel the baby move, why would she think she was pregnant?

I found out close to my fourth month, I was pregnant. I didn't know. I continued to have my cycle. I actually learned that it wasn't even my cycle. I was bleeding because of complications. This continued up until my 8th month of pregnancy. This happens to many women, and to a few, they don't expect they are pregnant. I was shocked when I was told I was pregnant since I had no other symptoms and I was having my "period". Also, I only gained 15 pounds during my pregnancy...I didn't start showing until I was 6 months pregnant.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with being dumb. I've heard about alot of women that didn't know they were pregnant until they went into labor.

[Hollow]

well
there are lots of dumb people in this world
a lot of women who get pregnant don't experience any symptoms of pregnancy until they go into labor.

[swedeace]

I did hear about this story, but it didn't surprise me one bit.

When I was in high school, there was this tall girl a grade above me who also didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor. I remember one of my classmates asked her if she was gaining weight one or two months before she gave birth, and she said "I guess so." But, it looked like normal weight gain. It wasn't too out-of-the-ordinary or anything. So, it's possible.

[KristinHerreraFan]

How can you not know when your pregnant? It's kinda outrageous.

[PZelda]

I did hear about this story, but it didn't surprise me one bit.

When I was in high school, there was this tall girl a grade above me who also didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor. I remember one of my classmates asked her if she was gaining weight one or two months before she gave birth, and she said "I guess so." But, it looked like normal weight gain. It wasn't too out-of-the-ordinary or anything. So, it's possible.
Yea, when I was a junior in high school (2001-2002), I took a marketing class the whole year... There was a girl in that class with me the first semester, and I had NOOOOOO idea she was pregnant. No idea at all. I'd known her since middle school, and she always walked and sat in a certain way. She was also tall, naturally skinny and always wore big clothes, so it was VERY hard to tell that she was pregnant. One day in December of 2001, I came to class and my marketing teacher BLEW me and the rest of my class away when he told us that the girl I spoke of, had just given birth.

[EmoJoe]

:rotflmao:

[Ireneparalegal]

There are many reasons why a woman would not know. Some are posted above.

[*InThisMoment*]

:rofl:

[dlemond]

I take a lot of stock with what Irene says, but what the hell about gaining all that weight?

Sorry, that is just denial at some point. AT SOME POINT.

[Ireneparalegal]

I don't know. I can't speak for all those women who didn't know they were pregnant, but I have seen news accounts of some women who didn't show at all. They may have gained weight "all over", not have a protruding belly as some assume. I had a friend whose co-worker gained very little weight during her pregnancy, you couldn't tell she was pregnant. I thought she was pulling our leg, but she was pregnant. All the way up til the 9th month, she barely showed. The baby weighed 5 pounds. Healthy baby. Just some women are different during pregnancy.

Let me add, when I was two months pregnant (I didn't know) I had gone to the hospital for Bronchitis. They asked me if I was pregnant. I told them no. They wanted to be sure since I would be exposed to x-rays. They gave me a pregnancy test and the results were NEGATIVE. So, not everything is fool-proof.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1452695


...to hear of a woman who went through months of pregnancy without so much as a clue that a baby was growing inside her ... well, it seems a little baffling, doesn't it?

"Was she in denial?" you might wonder. "Was she just plain stupid?"

Based on reports I've heard from acquaintances or read in newspapers or on the Web, denial does play a role in many instances where a woman unexpectedly gives birth. Women and girls who aren't trying for a child or who are otherwise using birth control may overlook pregnancy symptoms.

But other factors can come into play. Poorly-growing fetuses may not be very active, and even normal-sized fetuses may not make much of a visible change to the girth of a woman or girl who has big hips and is obese. Some pregnant women experience monthly vaginal bleeding that mimics their menstrual cycle; the sight of the blood makes them dismiss the possibility of pregnancy. There also seems to be a tendency of women experiencing unexpected births to have other problems, such as an abnormally small placenta or lack of amniotic fluid, that cause them to gain far less weight during pregnancy than they should. Some women (and even their doctors) have initially mistaken pregnancies for tumors.

[dlemond]

I don't know. I can't speak for all those women who didn't know they were pregnant, but I have seen news accounts of some women who didn't show at all. They may have gained weight "all over", not have a protruding belly as some assume. I had a friend whose co-worker gained very little weight during her pregnancy, you couldn't tell she was pregnant. I thought she was pulling our leg, but she was pregnant. All the way up til the 9th month, she barely showed. The baby weighed 5 pounds. Healthy baby. Just some women are different during pregnancy.

I'm going to be the dick here and say it.

A woman knows it. She can lie to herself and everyone else, but give me a break, there is no way she did not know. A guy knows if a corndog is not sitting right with him but a woman doesn't know she is pregnant?

Crap.

[Ireneparalegal]

I added to my initial post above yours.

[PZelda]

I'm going to be the dick here and say it.

A woman knows it. She can lie to herself and everyone else, but give me a break, there is no way she did not know. A guy knows if a corndog is not sitting right with him but a woman doesn't know she is pregnant?

Crap.
GODDAMMIT, DLEMOND, IT HAPPENS. OKAY?

Not all of the gals have telltale bellies that eventually balloon up that signal "OMGZ I HAVE A BABY INSIDE ME." Not all babies are like "OMGZ KICK AND PUNCH ON WALL TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IM IN UR BELLY." Some gals are, to put it bluntly, FAT. Therefore, they do not show a belly like with their skinny counterparts. I read this article in a reputable magazine a number of years ago where a teen was pregnant, but she did not know it at all because she didn't show AT ALL, until she went into labor at home. So, dlemond, she didn't have a rock-hard balloon tummy, never felt a baby kick inside of her AND she had bleeding that acted like her period every month.

IT CAN HAPPEN, DAMMIT. IT HAS HAPPENED AND IT WILL HAPPEN.

[dlemond]

I added to my initial post above yours.
And when a perfectly healthy baby of a normal weight is born?

I'm just baffled by this, a guy can worry about getting a girl pregnant, yet the girl goes on clueless except for this mysterious weight gain?
The sex all of a sudden is blip in the past?

I will never believe this.

That story is posturing.

You wake up every day with your body, you know something is going on and you know when you sleep with people and if you have a clue you might figure out that someone might have knocked you up. Unless you are that unconscious to begin with.

[dlemond]

GODDAMMIT, DLEMOND, IT HAPPENS. OKAY?

Not all of the gals have telltale bellies that eventually balloon up that signal "OMGZ I HAVE A BABY INSIDE ME." Not all babies are like "OMGZ KICK AND PUNCH ON WALL TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IM IN UR BELLY." Some gals are, to put it bluntly, FAT. Therefore, they do not show a belly like with their skinny counterparts. I read this article in a reputable magazine a number of years ago where a teen was pregnant, but she did not know it at all because she didn't show AT ALL, until she went into labor at home. So, dlemond, she didn't have a rock-hard balloon tummy, never felt a baby kick inside of her AND she had bleeding that acted like her period every month.

IT CAN HAPPEN, DAMMIT. IT HAS HAPPENED AND IT WILL HAPPEN.
You might wonder after sex, please. There is stupidity, but I would hope some accountablitity, and some basic awareness.

Give me a break, like preganancy is not a possible outcome of sex?
Pretty much the basic design of it.

Denial and complete recognition of the possibility after the fact, just falls on deaf ears in my book.

[PZelda]

And when a perfectly healthy baby of a normal weight is born?

I'm just baffled by this, a guy can worry about getting a girl pregnant, yet the girl goes on clueless except for this mysterious weight gain?
The sex all of a sudden is blip in the past?

I will never believe this.

That story is posturing.

You wake up every day with your body, you know something is going on and you know when you sleep with people and if you have a clue you might figure out that someone might have knocked you up. Unless you are that unconscious to begin with.
Some people only gain up to 15 pounds (not very noticeable if it happens over a period of a few months), and some people are OMGZ GAIN 100 POUNDS O **** IM A FAT BITCH O **** GOTTA LOSE ALL THAT WEIGHT.

Everyone is different. We are too used to seeing gals with ballooned-up pregnancy tummies in public. There are also gals walking among us that either know they're pregnant but aren't showing, or ARE pregnant but they don't know it and they aren't showing. Pregnancy tests, be it at home or at the doctor, can be skewed. Pregnancy is a weird thing.

[PZelda]

You might wonder after sex, please. There is stupidity, but I would hope some accountablitity, and some basic awareness.

Give me a break, like preganancy is not a possible outcome of sex?
Pretty much the basic design of it.

Denial and complete recognition of the possibility after the fact, just falls on deaf ears in my book.

People can use BOTH condoms AND birth control together, AND get pregnant regardless of how religious they practice safe sex. It has happened, and will happen. I know people who this has happened to.

[Ireneparalegal]

There is more than a baby that adds weight to a woman. There is amniotic fluid, the extra weight from excessive calories from eating for "two"...etc. But in some of these cases, some women are obese, so a bulging belly may not show. A baby may not move inside. A woman can have sex everyday with her husband and be on the pill and VOILA! become pregnant. Did I mention I was on birth control pills when I became pregnant? Birth control is not 100 percent effective. If a woman is using protection and DOESN'T EXPECT TO BECOME PREGNANT, why would she have that thought in her head everyday????? If she doesn't have periods, and shows no other symptoms, how would she know? I had a pregnancy test that came out NEGATIVE when I was two months pregnant. Should I think abt a pregnancy if I am being told I am not pregnant? Do you honestly think that after a woman has sex everytime, she must think the next day, am I pregnant???

I think either you are pulling our leg, or you are trying to just be funny, or you don't even bother reading our posts. I think, you don't care.

[dlemond]

People can use BOTH condoms AND birth control together, AND get pregnant regardless of how religious they practice safe sex. It has happened, and will happen. I know people who this has happened to.

I'm sorry, and I knew it would come to this.

PZelda and Irene, I like both of you and I dont want to be dick.

I was trying hard not to be called one, but that ship might have sailed.

I just mean to say that I think on some level "a" or "some" woman/women know- or should know. Or sometimes they just don't want to.

I just refuse to believe that people can be so clueless.
I can't believe I'm alone on this issue.

If you are sexually active you have to know what is going on and there are no apologies. If you don't know you are pregnant I cannot have sympathy for you.

[Ireneparalegal]

I am one of these women that got pregnant while she was on birth control; so it does happen! (trust me); and I did not know I was pregnant (because I still was bleeding till my 2nd month). I did not know that I was carrying a baby till I had a sonogram done; so in an effect, this situation, where a woman is oblivious (or unaware) that she is expecting is NOT that uncommon!
Join the Club!!! :lol: It happened to me TWICE! With my second child and my third (and last) child. It didn't matter, because I was happy. I was SHOCKED, but I was happy. The thing with my third pregnancy, as I stated, I even had a pregnancy test done at a hospital and it came back NEGATIVE. I proceeded to have x-rays done. Then a month later, I come to find out I am pregnant!!!!!! OMG, I was sooooooo worried throughout my pregnancy. I had been taking medicines for my bronchitis and I kept thinking, what did I do??? How could the test come back negative??? Thank God, my child was born fine.

I can understand there are a few women who "fake" or are in denial abt pregnancy for many reasons. However, it is recorded in the medical journals that women did not know they were pregnant. There was a case of a woman who had a pregnancy where the child didn't grow in the uterus. She was thought to have a tumor. It wasn't until her 9th month that it was discovered she was pregnant. There are also ectopic pregnancies.
There are also athletic women who gain just a few pounds, continue with their regiman and have no idea until they are in labor. Remember, not all pregnancies end at 9 months. Some are premature births too. So, not all women who had a baby and didn't know she was pregnant, last for 9 months.

[dlemond]

All I am saying is that it does not come down to the ninth month and then...holy crap I'm pregnant.

I have kids, I'm old, I've seen sh-t, I've had everyone lie to me about practically everything. What makes any of you such experts about an anonymous woman surprised at giving birth at 9 months? AFTER 9 MONTHS.
I bet most of you might have recognized it at some point.

You might have been shocked after a few months but not nine.
This is nonsense.

I know more about babies and pregnancy and epidurals and cord blood and amnios and a thousand things that no one needs to speak about.

Point is, if you are 9 months pregnant, you know or you are a jackass.

[PZelda]

Yeah well, you have to realize that it DOES happen. I like you too but it just doesn't seem like you UNDERSTAND. It is rare, but it happens. You could be VERY staunch at practicing safe sex (taking yer pills right down to the exact second at the same time every day and threatening the guy with death if he refuses to wear a condom before you two ride the love horse) and still get pregnant.

IT HAPPENS. Hell, I could be pregnant right now and not know it because I'm not showing, and I can't feel anything inside of my tummy. You can be aware as hell and not realize it. You could spend thousands of dollars on pregnancy tests, have them all show up negative, get tested at the doctor's office, etc, and still not know you are pregnant. You could keep on keeping up your diet without any changes in your eating and not know a thing. You could bleed every month and not know a thing. You could pound at your own stomach, yelling "ABORTION! ABORTION!" and still not know.

[*InThisMoment*]

I'm sorry, and I knew it would come to this.

PZelda and Irene, I like both of you and I dont want to be dick.

I was trying hard not to be called one, but that ship might have sailed.

I just mean to say that I think on some level "a" or "some" woman/women know- or should know. Or sometimes they just don't want to.

I just refuse to believe that people can be so clueless.
I can't believe I'm alone on this issue.

If you are sexually active you have to know what is going on and there are no apologies. If you don't know you are pregnant I cannot have sympathy for you.
I have to admit, I kind of agree with you. It's somewhat unbelievable to me, that the thought never crossed the woman's mind.. no matter the circumstances. Hey, maybe the weight I'm gaining isn't from all those fatty foods.. maybe it's the fact I had sex! It's not like it was just 10-15 pounds, either. Of course, I'm just talking about the original post. JMO. *_*

[Ireneparalegal]

All I am saying is that it does not come down to the ninth month and then...holy crap I'm pregnant.

I have kids, I'm old, I've seen sh-t, I've had everyone lie to me about practically everything. What makes any of you such experts about an anonymous woman surprised at giving birth at 9 months? AFTER 9 MONTHS.
I bet most of you might have recognized it at some point.

You might have been shocked after a few months but not nine.
This is nonsense.

I know more about babies and pregnancy and epidurals and cord blood and amnios and a thousand things that no one needs to speak about.

Point is, if you are 9 months pregnant, you know or you are a jackass.
WTH???? :crazy: :lol: We are talking abt having read/heard abt many women, not just one and not just this one. The first time I heard abt this was ages ago, in the 70's. this is not something "new".:lol: And no one is claiming to be an expert...although you are trying to convey that title it seems.

[dlemond]

Yeah well, you have to realize that it DOES happen. I like you too but it just doesn't seem like you UNDERSTAND. It is rare, but it happens. You could be VERY staunch at practicing safe sex (taking yer pills right down to the exact second at the same time every day and threatening the guy with death if he refuses to wear a condom before you two ride the love horse) and still get pregnant.

IT HAPPENS. Hell, I could be pregnant right now and not know it because I'm not showing, and I can't feel anything inside of my tummy. You can be aware as hell and not realize it. You could spend thousands of dollars on pregnancy tests, have them all show up negative, get tested at the doctor's office, etc, and still not know you are pregnant. You could keep on keeping up your diet without any changes in your eating and not know a thing. You could bleed every month and not know a thing. You could pound at your own stomach, yelling "ABORTION! ABORTION!" and still not know.

I understand it could happen, I just hope that women don't blindly accept anytime a woman says, "I had no idea" that it is just fact.

I just think a huge portion of women in their ninth month know it.
Am I crazy?

I'm not bashing women or anything like that. The fact is I have the highest respect for them, which makes me doubtful of stories like this.

I just think- in reference to this story- that some people are always trying to get attention or away with something.

That's it.

[Ireneparalegal]

I understand it could happen, I just hope that women don't blindly accept anytime a woman says, "I had no idea" that it is just fact.

I just think a huge portion of women in their ninth month know it.
Am I crazy?

I'm not bashing women or anything like that. The fact is I have the highest respect for them, which makes me doubtful of stories like this.

I just think- in reference to this story- that some people are always trying to get attention or away with something.

That's it.
This is totally different than what you initially posted. If this is what you had "meant" than that is what you should have posted. Saying you are a D*CK, and saying that it is CRAP, means you are generalizing and saying it is pure false and never occurs. We don't know abt this particular person in the initial post, but that doesn't mean that if one woman lies abt "not knowing" doesn't mean it doesn't occur at all. That is like saying if one woman lies abt being raped, than all women lie abt being raped. Some women lie abt being raped for one reason or another, but that is a slap in the face of those who truly are. Same thing with this matter. It happens and will continue to happen. How many people know what is going on with their bodies? How many people walk around with massive tumors in their bodies? How many women have a large lump in their breast and never checked? It could go on and on.

[Jo_Luvs_Ketchup]

I have to agree, it does happen. It happened to a friend of a friend of mine. She was on medication that caused her not to get her period. She was also depressed and eating more so when she gained some weight, she didn't think anything of it. Then she went to the doctors and found out she was 7 almost 8 months pregnant. She was very happy, but it does happen. We can't expect men to understand, because our bodies are different. They can never be pregnant, so they just won't understand. Not their fault, so don't misunderstand me, but it DOES happen. I have seen many stories where women, just don't know.

[Chad Michael Murray]

I'm just gonna say this: those of us on this board who are not women will never know what it's like to be a woman and will never know what it's like to be pregnant. Therefore, we really can't say "you just know". HOW do you know what she would or wouldn't know? Did you ever have a fetus growing inside of you and "just know"? Oh that's right, you didn't, because...you're lacking a vagina.

I just wanted to show the girls some love and throw that out there.

[Number 9 Dream]

Well said...love ya too, Matt! :D :bighug:


I'm just gonna say this: those of us on this board who are not women will never know what it's like to be a woman and will never know what it's like to be pregnant. Therefore, we really can't say "you just know". HOW do you know what she would or wouldn't know? Did you ever have a fetus growing inside of you and "just know"? Oh that's right, you didn't, because...you're lacking a vagina.

I just wanted to show the girls some love and throw that out there.

[Jo_Luvs_Ketchup]

I'm just gonna say this: those of us on this board who are not women will never know what it's like to be a woman and will never know what it's like to be pregnant. Therefore, we really can't say "you just know". HOW do you know what she would or wouldn't know? Did you ever have a fetus growing inside of you and "just know"? Oh that's right, you didn't, because...you're lacking a vagina.

I just wanted to show the girls some love and throw that out there.
:thanks: :clap

[Shine]

I have to agree, it does happen. It happened to a friend of a friend of mine. She was on medication that caused her not to get her period. She was also depressed and eating more so when she gained some weight, she didn't think anything of it. Then she went to the doctors and found out she was 7 almost 8 months pregnant. She was very happy, but it does happen. We can't expect men to understand, because our bodies are different. They can never be pregnant, so they just won't understand. Not their fault, so don't misunderstand me, but it DOES happen. I have seen many stories where women, just don't know.


Hey, wait a second, Kelly. :lol: Some guys do infact understand. I knew a girl who didn't know that she was pregnant until she went into labor. She was out of work and depressed. The result being she was eating a litte more and did gain some extra weight. Still, the weight gain was only slight. She also didn 't suffer from morning sickness. So this guy does know that it is very much possible for a woman not to know that she is pregnant until she went into labor. And as far as women having different bodies from men? I've know that for a long time. :lol:

[Jo_Luvs_Ketchup]

Hey, wait a second, Kelly. :lol: Some guys do infact understand. I knew a girl who didn't know that she was pregnant until she went into labor. She was out of work and depressed. The result being she was eating a litte more and did gain some extra weight. Still, the weight gain was only slight. She also didn 't suffer from morning sickness. So this guy does know that it is very much possible for a woman not to know that she is pregnant until she went into labor. And as far as women having different bodies from men? I've know that for a long time. :lol:
:lol: You're absolutely right Mike. :) Some men are very sympathetic for pregnant women and I am grateful for those men. Others make me want to choke them! :lol:

[Ireneparalegal]

I'm just gonna say this: those of us on this board who are not women will never know what it's like to be a woman and will never know what it's like to be pregnant. Therefore, we really can't say "you just know". HOW do you know what she would or wouldn't know? Did you ever have a fetus growing inside of you and "just know"? Oh that's right, you didn't, because...you're lacking a vagina.

I just wanted to show the girls some love and throw that out there.
:D :D :D :D *Irene bows to MATTY!!!!!*

[Brieannas21]

I didn't know I was pregnant with my second baby until I was 4 months, I was cramping a lot and when I went to my doctor she said "Did you know that you're pregnant?" I nearly jumped off the table.

[Courtnee]

I'm just gonna say this: those of us on this board who are not women will never know what it's like to be a woman and will never know what it's like to be pregnant. Therefore, we really can't say "you just know". HOW do you know what she would or wouldn't know? Did you ever have a fetus growing inside of you and "just know"? Oh that's right, you didn't, because...you're lacking a vagina.

I just wanted to show the girls some love and throw that out there.
ee, matt, i :heart: you! :D